Martin O'Sullivan

Irish Labour Party politician (1891–1956)

Martin O'Sullivan
Teachta Dála
In office
June 1943 – February 1948
ConstituencyDublin North-Central
In office
June 1943 – February 1948
ConstituencyDublin North-West
Lord Mayor of Dublin
In office
1943–1945
Preceded byPeadar Doyle
Succeeded byPeadar Doyle
Personal details
Born1891 (1891)
Ennistymon, County Clare, Ireland
Died20 January 1956(1956-01-20) (aged 64–65)
Dublin, Ireland
Political partyLabour Party
SpouseMary O'Sullivan
Children3

Martin O'Sullivan (1891 – 20 January 1956)[1] was an Irish Labour Party politician.

He was born in 1891 in Ennistymon, County Clare. He was educated locally, and joined the Midland Great Western Railway as a clerk and worked in Sligo and Cavan before his appointment as station master at Recess, County Galway.[2] After the amalgamation of the Midland Great Western and Great Southern railways, he was transferred to Dublin and later became chief paymaster at Inchicore railway works for Great Southern and Western Railway.[1]

He was prominent in the trade union movement, and was secretary and chairman of the Irish Council of Railway Clerks Association, chairman of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions, and a member of the national executive of the Irish Trades Union Congress.[2]

In 1930, he was elected to Dublin Corporation, and served until 1950.[1] He was elected to Dáil Éireann as a Labour Party Teachta Dála (TD) for the Dublin North-West constituency at the 1943 general election.[3] He was re-elected at the 1944 general election, and at the 1948 general election he was elected for the new Dublin North-Central constituency. He lost his seat at the 1951 general election.[4] He served as Lord Mayor of Dublin from 1943 to 1945,[5] the first member of the Labour Party to hold the position.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Obituary". The Guardian. 21 January 1956. p. 2. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b Coleman, Marie. "O'Sullivan, Martin". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Martin O'Sullivan". Oireachtas Members Database. Archived from the original on 2 November 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  4. ^ "Martin O'Sullivan". ElectionsIreland.org. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved 22 October 2008.
  5. ^ "Lord Mayors of Dublin 1665–2020" (PDF). Dublin City Council. June 2020. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Dublin
1943–1945
Succeeded by
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin North-West constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin North-West (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
2nd 1921 Philip Cosgrave
(SF)
Joseph McGrath
(SF)
Richard Mulcahy
(SF)
Michael Staines
(SF)
3rd 1922 Philip Cosgrave
(PT-SF)
Joseph McGrath
(PT-SF)
Richard Mulcahy
(PT-SF)
Michael Staines
(PT-SF)
4th 1923 Constituency abolished. See Dublin North


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
9th 1937 Seán T. O'Kelly
(FF)
A. P. Byrne
(Ind)
Cormac Breathnach
(FF)
Patrick McGilligan
(FG)
Archie Heron
(Lab)
10th 1938 Eamonn Cooney
(FF)
11th 1943 Martin O'Sullivan
(Lab)
12th 1944 John S. O'Connor
(FF)
1945 by-election Vivion de Valera
(FF)
13th 1948 Mick Fitzpatrick
(CnaP)
A. P. Byrne
(Ind)
3 seats
from 1948 to 1969
14th 1951 Declan Costello
(FG)
1952 by-election Thomas Byrne
(Ind)
15th 1954 Richard Gogan
(FF)
16th 1957
17th 1961 Michael Mullen
(Lab)
18th 1965
19th 1969 Hugh Byrne
(FG)
Jim Tunney
(FF)
David Thornley
(Lab)
4 seats
from 1969 to 1977
20th 1973
21st 1977 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Finglas and Dublin Cabra


Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
22nd 1981 Jim Tunney
(FF)
Michael Barrett
(FF)
Mary Flaherty
(FG)
Hugh Byrne
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Proinsias De Rossa
(WP)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987
26th 1989
27th 1992 Noel Ahern
(FF)
Róisín Shortall
(Lab)
Proinsias De Rossa
(DL)
28th 1997 Pat Carey
(FF)
29th 2002 3 seats
from 2002
30th 2007
31st 2011 Dessie Ellis
(SF)
John Lyons
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Róisín Shortall
(SD)
Noel Rock
(FG)
33rd 2020 Paul McAuliffe
(FF)
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Teachtaí Dála (TDs) for the Dublin North-Central constituency
This table is transcluded from Dublin North-Central (Dáil constituency). (edit | history)
Dáil Election Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
Deputy
(Party)
13th 1948 Vivion de Valera
(FF)
Martin O'Sullivan
(Lab)
Patrick McGilligan
(FG)
3 seats
1948–1961
14th 1951 Colm Gallagher
(FF)
15th 1954 Maureen O'Carroll
(Lab)
16th 1957 Colm Gallagher
(FF)
1957 by-election Frank Sherwin
(Ind)
17th 1961 Celia Lynch
(FF)
18th 1965 Michael O'Leary
(Lab)
Luke Belton
(FG)
19th 1969 George Colley
(FF)
20th 1973
21st 1977 Vincent Brady
(FF)
Michael Keating
(FG)
3 seats
1977–1981
22nd 1981 Charles Haughey
(FF)
Noël Browne
(SLP)
George Birmingham
(FG)
23rd 1982 (Feb) Richard Bruton
(FG)
24th 1982 (Nov)
25th 1987
26th 1989 Ivor Callely
(FF)
27th 1992 Seán Haughey
(FF)
Derek McDowell
(Lab)
28th 1997
29th 2002 Finian McGrath
(Ind)
30th 2007 3 seats
from 2007
31st 2011 Aodhán Ó Ríordáin
(Lab)
32nd 2016 Constituency abolished. See Dublin Bay North